How I feel about it, and I think people are going overboard on the silly so far. It's okay to worry or be concerned as with any acquisition, but calling SEGA the devil is a bit much for me. I'm in the cautiously optimistic group as there's still much to be seen, but SEGA have handled all previous acquisitions fairly confidently, so I don't see reason to be too doubtful of them. I actually think with SEGA's willingness to take risks on niches this could be a good thing. The one concerning factor is The Western Market, but Atlus has grown their market overseas more recently with Persona and Catherine, tackled that SEGA is pretty respectful of the companies that it has come on-board as they usually acquire in interests of what they do to be part of their plan, not to buckle them to what they think is right like some here seem to be under the impression of. And as Atlus has it's own translation branch, and likely will express the want for this to SEGA, I think the 'SEGA HARVESTING ATLUS INTO THEIR HIVEMIND' mentality is silly.
You have to understand that this is a very different situation from acquiring companies like Relic or The Creative Assembly.
Those are companies with very big games, that line up with Sega's business moreso than Atlus.
Atlus is a very niche company that relies on a much smaller, but dedicated fanbase to remain profitable.
Under Sega, this model may not mesh with their interests, so we could be in for some terrible changes.
Persona will still be ok, there's no doubt about that.
But will Etrian Odyssey, Devil Survivor, Devil Summoner, Growlanser, and all the 3rd party games Atlus USA brought over make the cut anymore?
Will we see the same things, such as 1st print special editions out the wazoo, without extra costs?
That's what most of us are terrified about.